Anti-war protesters in SLC, elsewhere lament apathy

Anti-war protesters in SLC, elsewhere lament apathy
Staff and combined news service

By the time the war protesters began their march Saturday morning in Salt Lake City, only about 50 people had gathered. Their numbers had swelled to about 200 by noon - and that was with a little high-tech help from a marcher who text-messaged friends to join him.

The early low turnout was discouraging to some, such as Susan Westergard of Holladay.

"There's just about more policemen here than people," said the Democratic candidate for the Utah House of Representatives in District 40, nodding to the squadron of eight motorcycle officers parked alongside 400 South. "I guess the longer the war goes on, the more people accept it."

The protesters, organized by the People for Peace and Justice of Utah, marched from Pioneer Park to a rally on the steps of the City-County Building, where they listened to songs, speeches and chants condemning the war.

It was a scene repeated across the United States and the world Saturday as thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to mark today's third anniversary of the

Gail Davis carries a poster of President Bush made up of 1,500 portraits of Armed Forces soldiers who have died during the Iraq war. Davis was one of about 200 anti-war protesters who marched from Pioneer Park to a rally on the steps of the City-County Building on Saturday. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune)

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So now it apathy if you don't agree with the anti-war moon-bats. It couldn't be that many people think the war in Iraq was and still is a good idea! Oh, no that would not fit in with the 'usual suspects' agenda!